Andrew J. Askey

askeyaj@gmail.com

Employment History:

August 2004 to Present

Raytheon Company, State College, Pennsylvania

F-22 Raptor / F-16 Fighting Falcon Generic Electronic Combat Environment (GECE) – Software Engineer

Served as lead engineer for team of six engineers using company processes to develop a software threat environment simulation currently used in US Air Force pilot training devices.

Created multiple project specific Systems Engineering Management Plans (SEMP) and Software Development Plans (SDP) which improved resource allocation, productivity, and cost/schedule variances.  Tailored company common processes to create a project specific set of processes which increased productivity and product quality.  Provided input into the company common process to improve corporate productivity. 

Created basis of estimates (BOE) and technical plans used in proposals for new contracts.  Generated and maintained plans and schedules (IMP/IMS) throughout the development cycle while collecting and analyzing metrics of cost, schedule, SLOC, and productivity. 

Developed Ada, Java, C, and SQL code to implement new requirements and provide resolutions to defects discovered in previous releases.   Created ICDs, SDDs, Test Plans, Test Procedures, and Test Reports.  Traveled to customer sites to integrate new development into target platforms. 

 

February 1998 to July 2004

Raytheon Company, Huntsville, Alabama

THAAD Battle Management (BM) – Systems Engineer

Generated requirements along with UML class, state transition, and thread diagrams from use cases.

Generated interface requirements and diagrams from Radar-BM ICD.

Incorporated changes based on customer requests and peer review processes.

Briefed customer on engineering design during BM design IPR.

THAAD Battle Management (BM) – Software Engineer

Developed Ada classes based on engineered requirements and peer review processes.

Developed unit test plans, tested class implementations, and supported integration of developed classes.

X-Band Radar (XBR) External Communication Program (XCP) – Software Engineer

Designed new JTA and DII COE compliant architecture combining five existing executables into one multitasking executable using the Rational Rose, Software Through Pictures, and Doors tools.

Designed data driven interface to replace hardcoded data structures and Ada rep specs.

Served as technical and Ada development leader during the coding and testing of the new XCP design while working with management on task allocation and budget/schedule metrics.

X-Band Radar (XBR) Software Representative for the Joint Technical Architecture (JTA) and Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment (DII COE)

Generated a migration plan and tailored DII COE requirements checklist for XBR software.

Served as Raytheon XBR software POC for JTA and DII COE and interfaced with National Missile Defense (NMD) JTA and DII COE working groups.

THAAD Radar Simulation Model (TRSM) – Software Engineer

Updated existing MTEPES radar model by incorporating XBR algorithms for scheduling, search, track, and interceptor support to simulate the actual performance of the THAAD radar.

Developed the engineered changes into FORTRAN source code.

Briefed customer at periodic IPR meetings on progress and unresolved algorithm issues between the two models.

Incorporated customer feedback into the engineering design and development implementation.

February 1997 to February 1998

Lockheed Martin, Federal Systems Division, Owego, New York

Integrated Electronic Warfare Common Sensor (IEWCS) – Software Engineer

Provided software field support, software development (C, Ada, and Perl), platform testing, and data analysis in testing of IEWCS hardware and embedded software.

Created post processing tools to aggregate network data packets and form a history of messages transmitted during a test mission.

 

1993 to January 1997

COLSA Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama

Ground Based Radar (GBR) Testing and Simulation Development – Systems Analyst

Performed IV&V testing of THAAD radar software.  Developed and used tools for quick look post mission data analysis.

SIV&V:

Tested all CSCIs of the GBR software including the Mission Application Program (MAP), the External Control Program (XCP), the Display and Control Program (DCP), the Radar Simulation Software (RSS), the Pre and Post Processing Software (PPS), and the Signal Processing Equipment (SPE).  Testing required detailed knowledge of the Ada83 and C software, the UNAS messaging system, system level drivers, MasPar software development, and VAX DCL command procedures.

Developed an extensive understanding of all software component interactions with respect to general radar and GBR specific algorithms.  This knowledge facilitated development and upgrade of hardware/software test beds and system simulations used at COLSA.

Developed data logging procedures to supplement the SAMREX Operating System Augmentation (OSA) LRID data recording software.  Extended the functional capabilities within the GBR real-time and post processing software for testing purposes.

Led testing of the RSS CSCI using independent appraisal of the developments, processes, and procedures based on DoD-STD-2167A.  This included specification and design document review, technical interchange meetings as defined by 2167A (SSR, PDR, CDR), and software testing based on these specifications.  Applied proven verification and validation methodologies and tools to RSS software for the purpose of verifying system technical requirements and system performance.

BMC3I:

Modified the RSS CSCI to accept dynamic real-time interceptor data from an external source to test system reliability and software sizing and timing requirements.  This version of RSS works in a similar manner to RSS-SIL from the Systems Integration Laboratory and was used for pre-flight test planning.

Developed post-processing tools to interpret messages between VAX and the Unix environments of the THAAD missile.  Developed tools to verify the uplink/downlink data flow between GBR and the THAAD missile conformed to requirements.

Generated Single Object Trajectory Files (SOTF) containing data to allow proper discrimination by the MAP CSCI for pre-flight test mission predictions.  Various data sets were generated to model object reports for testing all branches of the BMC3I simulation decision logic.

Signal Processor Equipment (SPE):

Developed tools to generate scripted input files of hardware commands between the MAP CSCI, the SPE, the Receiver Exciter (REX), and the Beam Steering Generator (BSG) HWCIs.  This data provided command inputs for a modified version of the SPE allowing controlled testing of the SPE code in an isolated environment.

Developed post processing tools to facilitate analysis of FDDI message throughput and SPE MasPar allocation over a specific period.  Utilized tools during post mission analysis to verify the MAP/SPE interface, throughput, and timing requirements following numerous flight tests.

Designed significant portions of a signal processing software/hardware emulator.  The algorithms incorporate MAP and SPE processing for both one and two pass signal processing.  MasPar algorithms were designed to generate pre-FFT digital signals.  This digital data was sent to the SPE MasPars through HiPPI connections.  Designed algorithms to generate FFT replicas used in two pass signal processing.

Post Flight Test Data Analysis:

Developed a tool suite to reduce data gathered during flight tests at WSMR.  The tools work directly on LRID data captured on the VAX cluster during a flight test.  The reduced data was output in a variety of formats.  LRID data processing on each transmit/receive pulse pair provided input to graphics playback of flight test, graphics and text reports on actions for each individually tracked object, FDDI statistics, SPE, REX, and BSG anomalies, and timelines of significant events.

Developed tools to generate SOTF files from recorded mission data.  These SOTFs were used by SGEN to build scenario files used to replay the flight test though RSS.

Extended and improved the capabilities found within the PPS CSCI.  The modified PPS generated reports that were geared directly to the needs of radar engineers and analysts of the reduced data.  Developed PV-Wave plotting tools to graphically view data generated by post processing tool suite.

 

1990 to 1993

COLSA Corporation, El Paso, Texas

Air Defense Systems Simulation (ADSS) model - Systems Analyst

Designed and developed weapons algorithms for the ADSS. Designed and coded flight path generator for creating realistic aircraft flight paths for use in ADSS.  Created air defense battle scenarios using weapons systems such as Patriot, Hawk, THAAD, ADAT, and PMS.  Created Windows pre-processing front end for hardware in the loop real time weapon systems simulation.  Coding was performed using the Simscript, FORTRAN, and C languages.

Designed and implemented algorithms for battlefield chemical attrition.  Designed and coded graphics playback of ADSS chemical battle for Silicon Graphics Unix based system.  Interfaced with engineers from Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD to define algorithm applicability from the NUSSE and PARACOMPT chemical models.

Designed and coded statistical post processor for analysis of weapon systems.

 

1986 to 1990

United States Army, Whites Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

Combined Arms and Service Support Task Force Evaluation Model (CASTFOREM) – 74F Programmer Analyst

Executed force on force battle simulations with US Army’s CASTFOREM program.  Interfaced with officers from the Infantry School, Ft Benning, GA to implement realistic force deployment scenarios.

Reports generated from the analysis of the simulation output used by the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to evaluate current and future weapons systems.  Systems modeled include:  TOW, KEM, LOSAT, Hellfire, and FOG-M missiles, M1, Bradley, ITV, IFV platforms, LHX and other helicopter systems, Longbow radar, as well as the opposing threat forces.

Developed FORTRAN post processors for analysis of simulation data. Generated graphics programs for the display of terrain mapping, weapon systems emplacement, helicopter flight paths.

SOFTWARE DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT SKILLS:

Ψ      Ada/Ada95 (16 years)

§         THAAD and XBR radar code, IEWCS code, post processing

§         Experience in both signal and multithreaded environments

Ψ      C/C++ (20 years)

§         Developed graphics, simulation modeling, and post processing code on UNIX platforms

§         Developed small Windows based projects using Visual C++ and Borland C++

Ψ      FORTRAN (16 years)

§         Developed simulations and post processing code for THAAD and air defense models

Ψ      JAVA (2 years)

§         Developed JAVA user interface connecting to and using a MySQL database

Ψ      Other skills/tools

§         Apex, Rose, Clearcase, Doors, ObjectTeam

§         Perl, AWK, SED, CSH, BSH, SH

§         OpenGL and JOGL

§         Visual Basic, VBA Excel, XML

§         TCP/IP, UDP, UNAS, VMF, DIS

EDUCATION

Lock Haven University

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

BS Chemistry:  (1980-1985)

 

Post-graduate continuing education - 27 hours attending classes offer by:

·         National Technological University (NTU)

·         Southern Methodist University

·         University of Massachusetts - Amherst

·         Florida Institute of Technology -WSMR

SOFTWARE AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Software Project Management (Southern Methodist University)

Principles of Systems Engineering – PoSE (Raytheon)

Fundamentals of Leadership (Raytheon)

Program Planning Fundamentals (Raytheon)

Fundamentals of Scheduling (Raytheon)

Basis of Estimate Training (Raytheon)

Integrated Master Plan/Integrated Master Schedule (Raytheon)

Earned Value Management System Fundamentals (Raytheon)

IPDS/Gating for Program Leaders (Raytheon)

Project Resource Planning (Raytheon)

Project Plan Development (Raytheon)

Effective Communication (Raytheon)

Government Contracts – An Overview (Raytheon)

Government Contracts – Truth in Negotiation (Raytheon)

Accounting Principles for Managers (Raytheon)

Requirements Definition Overview (Raytheon)

Software Engineering (University of Massachusetts - Amherst)

Software Inspections and Development Methods (Raytheon)

Object Oriented Analysis with UML (Raytheon)

Reuse Techniques for Object Oriented Design and C++ Code (Raytheon)

SW Languages: Ada, Java, and C (Raytheon)

Open Systems Acquisition of Weapon Systems (BRTRC Institute)

XML/Java Overview (Southern Methodist University)

Basic Radar (Raytheon)

Formal Decision Making (Raytheon)

Electronics Warfare Simulations and HLA Simulations (Raytheon Study Group)

Fundamentals of WiMAX and Broadband Wireless Networking (Raytheon Study Group)

Software Architecture (Raytheon Study Group)

J2EE Introduction (Raytheon Study Group)

Information Design and Presentation (Raytheon Study Group)

Raytheon Six-Sigma qualified specialist

Mentor Training (Raytheon)